Course title
土壌物理学   [Soil Physics]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	2～	Semester	1st
Course type	1st	Course code	01RN2209
Instructor(s)
斎藤 広隆   [SAITO Hirotaka]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

Learn about the physical characteristics of soil and its concepts, measurement method, and the basis of evaluation methods. Especially focus on water retention of soil and movement of water and heat in the soil and learn that the knowledge can be applied to agricultural issues, irrigation management, water resource conservation, soil/groundwater pollution prevention and remediation.

Expected Learning

Please refer to the Curriculum map of TUAT at https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/

Course schedule

1. Soil Physical Properties 2. Soil and Water 2. Soil Water Potential 3. Soil Water Retention 4. Saturated Water Flow I 5. Saturated Water Flow II 6. Unsaturated Water Flow I 7. Unsaturated Water Flow II 8. Infiltration, Redistribution, and Evaporation 9. Heat Transport in Soils 10. Vapor Transport in Soils 11. Agriculture and Soil Physics 12. Environmental Problems 13. Numerical Analysis I 14. Numerical Analysis II

Prerequisites

Comply with the standard hours based on the university rules.

Required Text(s) and Materials

Soil Physics by Miyazaki et al. 2005

References

Soil Physics, 6th Edition by Jury and Horton, Wiley, 2006 Introduction to Environmental Soil Physics, Daniel Hillel, Academic Press, 2003

Assessment/Grading

Homework 30%, Midterm 30%, Final 40%

Message from instructor(s)

Please download the materials from Google Classroom. I will give homework every week.

Course keywords

Unsaturated Soil, Soil Physics, Water Flow, Heat Transport, Soil Contaminants

Office hours

By appointment only.

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Lecture Language

Japanese

Language Subject

Last update

3/12/2019 3:03:38 PM